Taxonomy:Andropadus flavostriatus Sharpe, 1876, Macamac, Gauteng, South Africa. Forms a superspecies with P. poliocephalus; has been considered conspecific by some authors, but is much smaller, differs significantly in plumage characters and has distinctive song. Has been suggested that brown-headed race alfredi merits treatment as full species, but no significant vocal differences from other races. Several poorly differentiated races merged: thus, itombwensis (E DRCongo) and ruwenzori (W Uganda) treated as synonyms of olivaceogriseus, and dendrophilus (E Zimbabwe), distans (E Eastern Cape, in South Africa) and dryobate.. View all taxonomy...

Taxonomy: Andropadus flavostriatus Sharpe, 1876, Macamac, Gauteng, South Africa. Forms a superspecies with P. poliocephalus; has been considered conspecific by some authors, but is much smaller, differs significantly in plumage characters and has distinctive song. Has been suggested that brown-headed race alfredi merits treatment as full species, but no significant vocal differences from other races. Several poorly differentiated races merged: thus, itombwensis (E DRCongo) and ruwenzori (W Uganda) treated as synonyms of olivaceogriseus, and dendrophilus (E Zimbabwe), distans (E Eastern Cape, in South Africa) and dryobates (Mt Gorongosa, in Mozambique) synonymized with nominate. Eight subspecies recognized.